UPDATE – Reminders of the Appleton Branch

  • Post last modified:January 15, 2023

The Reminders of the Appleton Branch page of our web site has been updated. Ten new photographs and related information regarding the former Appleton swing bridge have been added.

Appleton Swing Bridge Site
Looking southwest toward the former site of the M&N swing bridge which crossed the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 13 May 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Appleton Swing Bridge Site
A forlorn piece of rail lies along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Appleton Swing Bridge Site
Looking northeast along the former M&N right-of-way where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Appleton Swing Bridge Site
Looking southwest along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Appleton Swing Bridge Site
A stairway leads down to the river bank next to the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Appleton Swing Bridge Site
Looking southwest along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Appleton Swing Bridge Site
A long-forgotten fishplate leans against a sapling along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Appleton Swing Bridge Site
Several discarded railroad ties deteriorate along the former M&N right-of-way, where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Appleton Swing Bridge Site
Looking northeast along the former M&N right-of-way where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.
Appleton Swing Bridge Site
Looking northeast along the former M&N right-of-way where the swing bridge used to cross the Fox River at Appleton, Wis., on 20 March 2022. Photograph by Tom Bruss.